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Tuesday, July 25, 2006
Did you get a ‘push present’ for giving birth?
Does a woman deserve a pricey gift for getting her baby out of her?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Do diamonds reduce the pain of giving birth? Some moms think so, and are asking their husbands for “push presents� or gifts for carrying and birthing their babies.
Did you get a pricey present for pushing out your baby? Do you get one with each child? What does the gift mean to you? What does it mean to your husband? Did he do it willingly or did you have to drop a lot of hints?
I do remember when I gave birth to my daughter, some friends who also delivered around the same time getting fancy jewelry. They didn’t call it a “push present,� but I guess that’s what it was.
One article I found on push presents says that British fathers have long given rings for their first child and Indian mothers often get gold. That same article credits FOX News with coining the term.
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